Awards & Recognition

Rally for Rivers and Project GreenHands have been recognized in several national and international forums.

National Water Award

FEB 2019 - Rally for Rivers, supported by over 162 million people in a span of 1 month, received the 2018 National Water Award from the Government of India under the category of Educative/Mass Awareness Efforts.

NITI Aayog Sends National Advisory

JUN 2018 - On June 6, 2018, NITI Aayog made a nationwide policy pronouncement mentioning Isha Foundation, and sent a national advisory on river revitalization to all 29 states recommending that the states implement the policy.

United Nations Decade of Action for Water

MAR 2018 United Nations invited Sadhguru for the launch of International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development 2018-2028 in March 2018.

Global Landscapes Forum

DEC 2017 - Sadhguru was invited as the Chief Guest at the Global Landscapes Forum, for a conversation with Erik Solheim (former Head, UN Env.) about Rally for Rivers as a model for environmental movements.

Guinness World Record

OCT 2006 - PGH set a Guinness World Record on 17th October, 2006 for planting the maximum number of saplings in a single day. 8,52,587 saplings were planted in 6,284 locations across 27 districts in Tamil Nadu.

Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar

JUN 2010 - In 2010, PGH was awarded India’s highest environmental award, the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar, instituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, in recognition of PGH’s positive ecological impact.